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Mayor pushes to remove confederate flag engraved outside City Hall (LA)
Posted: Sep 01, 2015 9:56 PM EDT
Updated: Sep 01, 2015 10:42 PM EDT
Written by: Ryan Naquin
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A Confederate flag engraved near the entrance of City Hall is joining the list of relics Mayor Mitch Landrieu wants out of public view. The flag is a part of a larger mural and represents the time when New Orleans was under the Confederacy's rule.
The engraving is displayed next to other flags from France, Spain and the United States. But the Confederate engraving digs deep into the beliefs of many.
"I've never noticed it," New Orleans resident Chaudhrye Sarwar said. "But I think it's really important that we remove all these relics of the past and put them in some museum and don't put them on public display as a matter of pride" ...
http://www.fox8live.com/story/29938009/mayor-pushes-to-remove-confederate-flag-engraved-outside-city-hall